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Colour options and law...
« on: April 29, 2019, 09:01:58 PM »
Suppose I have obtained a second petrol tank and side panels for my motorcycle that are a different colour to the original. I want to enjoy the options, but do I have a legal issue with the bikes documents now?
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Re: Colour options and law...
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2019, 09:03:58 PM »
You're supposed to change the details on the V5.
Where's that 10mm socket got to?

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Re: Colour options and law...
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2019, 09:05:04 PM »
Yes, the V5 states what colour the bike is. Unless you change your V5 every time you fancy a swap, your bike will be listed as the incorrect colour.
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Re: Colour options and law...
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2019, 09:13:54 PM »
Weirdly it's viewed as one of the risk factors in insurance underwriting it seems.

So one colour may have a higher or lower risk profile than another.

It's one of those odd things that statistics may throw up from raw data, but have no bearing on driver attitude.

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« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2019, 09:14:44 PM »
Oh,  and you'll just be going faster if it's red  ;D

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« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2019, 10:03:33 PM »
Oh,  and you'll just be going faster if it's red  ;D
My mother told me in the 1960s that a red Jaguar was more expensive to insure than a white one because it was felt those who wanted red one were more aggressive drivers!
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Re: Colour options and law...
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2019, 10:04:58 PM »
If you get pulled by the long arm of the law, just tell them it is temporary as you original tank is away for repair  ;)

I have a log book with the colour down as unknown  ???

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« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2019, 10:20:34 PM »
It's quite funny that it's fairly archaic in many respects.

A friend asked his insurance company about modifying his car with different carb and exhaust,  they sent him an invoice for additional cost to continue policy,  he informed them that he wasn't going to proceed with mods,  they then requested a vehicle engineer's report to confirm the standard status of the vehicle at his cost, without which they'd cancel the policy  :)

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Re: Colour options and law...
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2019, 06:37:20 AM »
I once had an advisory on an MOT as my 500 was listed as black but had red paint.

Not that I ever did anything about it.

This was about 10 years ago - not the 70s


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Re: Colour options and law...
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2019, 08:24:07 AM »
There is an option during an MoT to change the colour of the vehicle if the liated colour differs from the actual colour of the vehicle. If you MoT your bike, it is possible that the colour will be changed at that stage

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Re: Colour options and law...
« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2019, 05:11:43 PM »
I have a log book with the colour down as unknown  ???
Isn't there  a test card it could be compared with?   :o
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Re: Colour options and law...
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2019, 08:09:41 PM »
You can get those odd colours like this

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Someone had one of those at work,  appeared different any time the light changed during the day.

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Re: Colour options and law...
« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2019, 10:05:00 PM »
Or a CBR900RR in cocktail colour  ;)

Depends on what cocktail they had in mind  ;D ;D

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Re: Colour options and law...
« Reply #13 on: May 01, 2019, 10:18:50 PM »
I have a car thats down as black its not its just very very very very very dark blue




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Re: Colour options and law...
« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2019, 10:21:45 PM »
I have a car thats down as black its not its just very very very very very dark blue




Never buy black socks from ordinary shops they shaft you every time.  ;)

What has that got to do with Honda original colour Cocktail  ;D ;D ;D

 

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